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nying drawings, and to the letters and figures UN TED 1 STATES CHARLES BOOZE, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

PATENT OFFICE; I

ADJUSTABLE GARD EN-HOSEjAlND PIPE suPP'oR ERi SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,107, dated April 17, less. Application filed September 21, 1887. Serial No. 250,370. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern.-

Be itknown that I, CHARLES BOOZE, a citi-' 'zen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, .in the county of Erie and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Garden-Hose and Pipe Supporters;jand I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompaof reference marked thereon, which form. a part of tliis specification.

The object of this inventionis to provide a garden-hose and pipe holder simple and ornamental in form, light, and "cheap, to do away with the wheeled reels, boxes, sticks, andchairs now used .to set a pipe in afixed position,and leave it while it'is spouting or sprinkling alawn; and my invention consists in ave'rtioal' rod to set into the ground, on which is a loosely-swinging frame having a wheel pivotedto saidframe, the lower periphery of the wheel havingratchet-teeth and the upper part having a pipe holder or-rest, in which the pipe is set and held, and the wheel held at any deslred position by a'pawl engaging the teeth of the wheel, all as hereinafter fullyexplained. In-the drawings, Figure 1 isa side elevation;

and Fig. 2, an end elevation,;partly in per-- spective.

A represents an iron rod pointed at the end to drive into the ground, and having a shoulder, 7;, near the upper part, and on which sets loosely the holder B, the lower part of which is made to fit and swing on rod A. To the side ofthe upper part of the holderis pivoted a revolving wheel, 0, the lower periphery of which is provided with ratchet-teeth,'which engage with a weighted pawl, a, as shown in Fig. 1, attached to the side of the holder-frame B. The upper part of the wheelhasja piperest, D, attached thereto of forming apart thereof. the pipe P and hose, as shown, and a ring, ,0,

setting in a slot in the rest D, and acatch, d,

This rest is hollowedout-to receive near the end, retain the pipe in the rest when a wheel moves forward. o v. a

The rod A, being separate, allowsthe device to be put away in a verysmall compass. I

instantly set vertically or at any angle, and

o r 55 A By this simple device agarden-"hose can be kept there tothrow water or spray in any .de-

sired place, and removed or moved without- In combination with the vertical rod A, ,hav- A ing the shoulder 11 thereon, the holder B, setting on rod A and resting on.the shoulder b, swinging loosely thereon, the wheel 0, pivoted to the holder B, having ratchet-teeth on part of its periphery and a pipe-rest on the upper edge, and aweighted pawl, a, pivoted to frame B, operating in connection with the teeth, all substantially as specified.

presenceof two witnesses. 4

CHARLES ooze 70 In testimony whereof I'affix my signature in 

